| Sentences of accumulation | |
Definition:
n. increase by natural growth or addition; concentration
n. act of gathering or amassing, as into a heap or pile
Example:
That reservoir of frost and snow, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights.
Our findings suggest that early childhood television viewing may also undermine future explosive leg strength and contribute to the accumulation of fat.
The most recent forecasts estimate up to 2 feet of snow will pummel the area between New York and Maine by Saturday – an accumulation that would be one of the largest ever for a single storm.
Sentence in Classic:
The greater the accumulation of deceit and trouble in the world, the brighter and the purer shone the star of Dora high above the world.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
ContextThe room was the same, unchanged in any way since I came into it; I could see along the floor, in the brilliant moonlight, my own footsteps marked where I had disturbed the long accumulation of dust.
In this manner many appalling hours passed; several of my dogs died, and I myself was about to sink under the accumulation of distress when I saw your vessel riding at anchor and holding forth to me hopes of succour and life.
Frankenstein By Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley
ContextThe granite solidity of such and such a celebrated prose is nothing but the accumulation effected by the tyrant.
Les Misérables (V4) By Victor Hugo
ContextShe did not return for five months more; five months crammed with greedy accumulation of sounds and colors to take back for the long still days.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
ContextThey have gone on hoping and believing that general education and financial strength would solve the difficulty, and are devoting their energies to the accumulation of both.
Southern Horrors By Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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